python - Pycharm error Django is not importable in this environment

Question

I'm getting the following errors in Pycharm.

Error: Django is not importable in this environment

It used to work well but I moved the project and virtualenv to other directory and the error appeared. It's weird because if I run the project ignoring the configuration settings warning that I get, works fine.

The problem is that now, Pycharm is not finding the project interperter.

The command that Pycharm is running is:

/Users/plorenzo/../gestorSchools/venv/bin/python3.4 /Users/plorenzo/../gestorSchools/schoolsManager/manage.py runserver 8000

The virtualenv is activated.

My $PATH is:

/Users/plorenzo/../gestorSchools/venv/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin

and my $PYTHONPATH:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/python3.4

I spent a few days trying to find the solution but I couldn't find it.

Answer 1

In my case I had to go to Settings (Alt+F7, or the Spanner/Cog icon) and select a Python interpreter which has Django installed alongside it.

If Django isn't already installed, you should be able to install it via the + (plus) icon (not shown below) once an interpreter has been selected.

Answer 2

Yet another case, where my virtualenv did have Django installed, but Pycharm would still display this error.

I eventually found out that the same virtualenv path had been duplicated in the list of available interpreters. Removing all of them and re-adding fixed it.

The duplication happened after I copied the .idea from another machine, and re-created the virtualenv from Pycharm although it was already listed as a (broken) interpreter.

Answer 3

For people having selected a virtualenv/interpreter that HAS Django installed (but it might have changed python version since first selection...), and even re-installed Django, and still get this message, and slowly getting crazy: Hit File > Invalidate Caches / Restart ....

This solved it for me.

Also, keeping the list of available interpreters clean and correct always helps (on my linux, old interpreters of previous linux installations kept popping up...whaat), as well as not using special characters in virtualenv names (as was the OPs problem...see his answer).

Answer 4

Project interpreter, which is being used in the pycharm setting , doesn't have the django package installed. So go to

setting->Project->project interpreter

Then install django package

it will work :)

Answer 5

I finally found the error. The problem was that one folder name in the virtualenv path had an accent.

This is the old path:

/Users/plorenzo/../telefónica/gestorSchools/venv

This is the new one that works:

/Users/plorenzo/../telefonica/gestorSchools/venv

Answer 6

It might seem obvious, but try quitting and then re-starting the PyCharm application. When I had this issue, I continued to get the "Django is not importable in this environment" error even though the project interpreter path was correct. Nothing worked until I closed and re-opened the application. Hope this saves someone some time.

Answer 7

I had the same problem and it was due to having more than one project interpreter defined in the project. In my case I had a python 2.7 and a python 3.7 interpreter. Fixed this issue by removing the python 2.7 interpreter.

1. View the current interpreter by navigating to Preferences > Project > Project Interpreter

2. Open the dropdown and select Show All...

3. Remove any interpreters that aren't your primary

Answer 8

I got the same issue on OS X, and to fix it, I had to use an absolute path for the project interpreter

/Users/myself/Projects/... is ok ~/Projects/... was not working

Answer 9

I had the same problem and I think the solution is not stated here yet. I had to go to Settings > Project Interpreter, click the gears icon on the right and chose the interpreter (which was already correct). Then click on the last icon to the right, the one with some folders structure icon. There I had to add the path to the site-packages of my venv (where Django is). Finally my tests run with no issues.

Answer 10

I had similar problem...

I go PyCharm -> Preferences and tried to readd Django to project interpreter packages. PyCharm suddenly added everything in requirements.txt file. And now I can run project without any problem.

Answer 11

In my case, I was running the Cygwin version of Python when this error came up. Fixing it involved just adding some of cygwin's bin paths to Window's Path variable.

Run "control sysdm.cpl" Go to the "Advanced" tab Click the "Environmental Variables" button at the bottom of this tab Find "Path" under "System Variables" Add to it ;c:/cygwin/bin;c:/cygwin/sbin;c:/cygwin/usr/local/bin

I did not include /usr/bin, as for some reason, it is combined in to the /bin directory when viewing in windows.

Answer 12

Ok, in my case the solution was:

1. Install django
2. Use @cbueche suggestion to remove the ~
3. Switch to a another project's venv and switch back to my venv for this project

I exited and reloaded the project a few times in there so that might also be necessary. I love PyCharm but starting a new project is always painful.

Answer 13

As everybody said ,Check for your interpreter Was it properly configured it or not.If you created your project in virtual environment ,make sure you configured the correct python interpreter or not .The python interpreter(whole) and python interpreter(for only single project using virtualenv) are different .

If you are using PyCharm Go to Setting->Project->project interpreter and pick the right interpreter Once you are done with that ,run the project if it runs,all set .if not check for the Edit configurations and check again for the interpreter

Answer 14

you have to edit your project configuration for that. Environemt->Environment variables set varable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=project_name.settings

Answer 15

I kept getting this error even after following suggestions made in other answers, like deleting .idea folder, reinstalling packages from settings->project interpreter.

Finally, I took the venv out of the project folder and created a venev beside the project folder and deleted .idea folder from project folder.

Then I opened the project and chose the interpreter as the newly created venv

Answer 16

steps :

 1. Choose File Option
 2. Setting
 3. Scroll to Project -> Select Python Interpreter
 4. Project Interpreter
 5. Click on Setting icon and press Add environment
 6. Create a Virtual Environment

Answer 17

I had the same error. Try to name path (and project) without "_":

../my_project/venv -> ../my-project/venv